Valerie hegarty

Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, NYC Figure, Flowers, Fruit September 9 - October 21, 2012

picture of a meadow

Valerie Hegarty style in Midjourney AI. Painters | American artist | Expressive, Floral, Animals, Subdued, Surreal

Valerie Hegarty - Still Life with Half-Eaten Fruit

Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, NYC Figure, Flowers, Fruit September 9 - October 21, 2012

Reinstallation of floor work from 2012 on to the wall

Artist Valerie Hegarty is a brilliant iconoclast (literally).

The artwork of Valerie Hegarty almost seems to hover between two worlds: those of art and real life. Much of Hegarty's work appears to begin with a classically styled piece of "fine art": a still life painting, or presidential portrait for example. In some way, then, the real world begins to impose itself on the work. Some frames and stretchers begin growing branches and sprouting leaves. Other paintings are riddled with bullets or burnt by fire. The story inside the painting violently…

Perfection is overrated. In works of art, it's the flaws that we truly appreciate. Brooklyn-based artist Valerie Hegarty should know, her installations